Dendi language
| Dendi | |
|---|---|
| Dandawa | |
| Region | northern Benin |
Native speakers | 32,000 (1995)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ddn |
| Glottolog |
dend1243[2] |
Dendi is a Songhay language used as a trade language across northern Benin (along the Niger River; Donga and Alibori provinces, e.g. Djougou, Kandi). It forms a dialect cluster with Zarma and Songhai proper, but is heavily influenced by Bariba.
Zendi has been described as a four-tone language.[3]
References
- ↑ Dendi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dendi (Benin)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Joe Salmons, Accentual change and language contact: Comparative survey and a case study of early Northern Europe
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